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  • Officials see growing need for rail investment - East Texas gathering focuses on state plan

    08/20/2010 7:42:46 AM PDT · by Willie Green · 38 replies
    Longview News-Journal ^ | Friday, August 20, 2010 | Jimmy Isaac
    TYLER — Bill Glavin joined Texas Department of Transportation eight months ago as its appointed Rail Division director. And as Longview rail advocate Natalie Rabicoff said when Glavin was introduced in Tyler on Thursday, "He's been moving the whole time." Since his December 2009 appointment, the rail industry consultant has brought much-wanted energy to a state agency racing to complete a finished state rail plan. Glavin and other TxDOT officials from Austin visited East Texas on Thursday, stopping in Tyler for the 10th and final public briefing on the plan. Officials hope to present a finished copy of the 250-page...